Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:53:32 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Jim Lowe <james@allmalt.cs.uwm.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Diskless/NFS root Message-ID: <1171.843080012@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Sep 1996 15:21:28 CDT." <199609182021.PAA31868@allmalt.cs.uwm.edu>
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In message <199609182021.PAA31868@allmalt.cs.uwm.edu>, Jim Lowe writes: >Is anyone running FreeBSD-current in a diskless configuration? I am >having some trouble getting the nfs swap stuff working correctly under >current. yes I do: # cat /etc/bootptab: hyst:ht=ethernet:ha=0080ad10e84b:ip=10.0.0.3: # cat /tftpboot/freebsd.10.0.0.3: netmask 255.255.255.0 rootfs 10.0.0.1:/c/diskless_root swapfs 10.0.0.1:/c/diskless_swap swapsize 16384 # ls -l /c/diskl* /c/diskless_root: total 6375 drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 512 Jul 7 14:41 bin drwx------ 3 root wheel 10240 Sep 18 21:24 dev drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 1536 Sep 14 22:55 etc ... /c/diskless_swap: total 16392 -rw------- 1 root wheel 16777216 Jul 22 20:36 swap.10.0.0.3 # cat /etc/exports ... /c -alldirs -maproot=0:10 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.2 ... >Also, does the devfs work well enough for a diskless configuration? yes. You need to mount it as one of the first things in /sbin/init or earlier. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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